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Turbo Assembler 16 bit compiler on Windows 10

I just want to compile and debug my assembler projects easily and i downloaded Visual ASM programm for windows 10. Its runs and work on 32 bit TASM compiler, but i cant compile on 16 bit compiler. Before it i used dos-box for emulating dos to compile 16 bit commands. Now i want to know is there possible way to compile some 16 bit commands on windows 10. Sorry for my english, thanks.

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Views: 1766

Answers (1)

vitsoft
vitsoft

Reputation: 5775

Of course you can write and compile 16bit realmode programs on 64bit windows, but you cannot run them, because the embedded DOS emulator NTVDM.EXE is available only on 32bit Windows. We have to install 3rd party emulator, e.g. DosBox.

D:>ver
DOSBox version 0.74-2. Reported DOS version 5.00
D:>tasm.exe
Turbo Assembler Version 2.01 Copyright (c) 1988, 1990 Borland International
Syntax:  TASM [options] source [,object], [,listing] [,xref]

Within DOSBox you can assemble, link, debug, execute with 16bit tools TASM.EXE, TLINK.EXE, TD.EXE.

Borland in 1993 released its 32bit compiler with built-in extender 32RTF which can run on 64bit Windows, your visual IDE probably uses that version:

C:\>ver
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.15]
C:\>tasm.exe
Turbo Assembler  Version 4.0  Copyright (c) 1988, 1993 Borland International
Syntax:  TASM [options] source [,object] [,listing] [,xref]

However, you still cannot execute 16bit programs written in it outside of DOSBox. You should abandon the realm of 16 bits, as @PeterCordes told you.

Upvotes: 2

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